Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center
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Bradford Regional Medical Center submits closure notice; transitioning to outpatient care center
Transitioning to outpatient care center 
By SARA FURLONG  news@bradfordera.com  
February 17, 2026
(Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information available from hospital officials Tuesday afternoon.)  Bradford Regional Medic...
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Welfare dollars are being wasted
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Welfare dollars are being wasted
Feb 17, 2026
All too frequently government programs for sympathetic causes are plagued by high levels of fraud. Consider Minnesota. Thieves systematically ripped o...
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Obamacare didn’t lower costs; time for better approach?
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Obamacare didn’t lower costs; time for better approach?
By NATHAN BENEFIELD RealClearPennsylvania 
Feb 17, 2026
After more than a decade dealing with the so-called Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), Americans are still struggling with rising health care cost...
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Who’s to blame for an unfair US economy?
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Who’s to blame for an unfair US economy?
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 16, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is...
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Why America needs a drone force
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Why America needs a drone force
By WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL Centre Daily Times 
Feb 15, 2026
STATE COLLEGE (TNS) — When the United States created the Space Force in 2019, it acknowledged a simple truth: new domains of warfare require new insti...
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Other Voices: The price for our nation
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Other Voices: The price for our nation
Feb 13, 2026
Growing up, “do the right thing” was always emphasized because little eyes were watching. Whatever happened to that concept? Our forefathers knew the ...
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Real progress on regulatory reform
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Real progress on regulatory reform
Feb 13, 2026
President Donald Trump ran on a platform that included downsizing the bloated federal administrative state. He has more than delivered. In January 202...
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Raising a family in Pa. feels harder than it should
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Raising a family in Pa. feels harder than it should
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
Feb 13, 2026
Wherever parents congregate, you hear the same thing. The refrain can be heard at school pickup lines, church basements, birthday parties, and at yout...
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Think energy is expensive now? Wait until 2029
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Think energy is expensive now? Wait until 2029
By DANIEL J. WEAVER 
Feb 13, 2026
The energy statistics in the United States have not changed: Pennsylvania remains the second-largest producer of natural gas in the country. If the Ap...
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Securing a healthier future through generic drugs
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Securing a healthier future through generic drugs
By SEN. RICK SCOTT RealClearPolitics 
Feb 12, 2026
Last year, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging launched a bipartisan effort to expose the public health and national security risks America’s o...
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Use a subtle hand on election law
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Use a subtle hand on election law
Feb 12, 2026
Five years after Democrats pushed to nationalize election law, they’re up in arms that Republican President Donald Trump is talking about nationalizin...
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Affordability and Epstein are the Dems’ bread and circuses
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Affordability and Epstein are the Dems’ bread and circuses
By FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Feb 12, 2026
It’s already been decided that the 2026 midterm elections will be won or lost on the issue of “affordability.” Just turn on any political podcast or c...
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Lead removal grants lack oversight
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Lead removal grants lack oversight
Feb 11, 2026
Eleven state and local governments that received a collective $45 million from the federal government to remove lead from houses were never flagged as...
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The Winter Olympics are on?
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The Winter Olympics are on?
By PAUL ZEISE, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Feb 11, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — This week's controversy in the world of sports involved some U.S. Olympic athletes saying they are struggling with some of the thin...
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EPA missed payment inaccuracies
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EPA missed payment inaccuracies
Feb 10, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency “did not follow standard operating procedures” for reviewing its spending and underestimated its improper payments...
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War for Independence was ‘the people’s war’
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War for Independence was ‘the people’s war’
By FREDERIC J. FRANSEN Tribune News Service 
Feb 10, 2026
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to favor independence and qu...
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